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Fiona Hobbs

Work Department
Projects.
Position
Fiona is a leading energy and infrastructure specialist. Recent deals include advising: ENI on the unitisation of Areas 1 and 4, Mozambique, the Lenders (JBIC, NEXI, AfDB, ECIC and commercial lenders) on the $2.4b financing of the Nacala pit to port railway in Malawi and Mozambique, HS1 on the renegotiation of its power supply arrangements and HS1’s shareholders on the sale of HS1. Fiona’s other key clients include KNOC and The Department of Transport.
Career
Articled clerk Linklaters 1987-89; assistant solicitor 1989-96; partner 1996.
Languages
French.
Education
University College, Cardiff (1986 LLB First Class Honours); Law Society Qualifying Examinations (1987 First Class Honours).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Transport > Rail
(Hall of Fame)Linklaters LLP is among the leading firms domestically and internationally in this space. It advises on the full range of deals – heavy rail (including high speed rail), light rail, rolling stock, train systems and station real estate. Under the joint leadership of Fiona Hobbs and Charlotte Morgan
, it continues to assist a wide range of sponsors, lenders, rolling stock companies, and governments on major rail deals. Hobbs has worked closely with government and private sector companies for many years on some of the largest and most complex rail projects in the UK and internationally. Morgan has considerable knowledge of the regulated infrastructure sector. Rasha Sami is another name to note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > High yield
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport